Saturday, 5 December 2015

The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has justified the many foreign trips of the President, saying that such trips by President Buhari since assuming office are critical to the implementation of his administration key policies of enhancing security, jump-starting the economy, creating jobs and fighting corruption.

In a statement issued on Friday in Abuja and signed by the Special Assistant to the Minister of Information and Culture, Segun Adeyemi, the Minister said all the trips have started yielding fruits in terms of turning the tide in the fight against the insurgents, attracting investments in the range of billions of dollars, and securing global support for the administration’s anti-corruption fight.

YBNL act, Adekunle GOLD shows he’s no flash in the pan by releasing a 3rd superb track titled “Pick Up“. The Pheelz-produced song is a prayer from Adekunle to God for blessings and favour. I’m sure we’ve all said this prayer at some point in our lives.Excellent multi-generational piece from an exceptional artiste. I honestly can’t tell his best song at this point. All 3 singles – Sade, Orente and now, Pick Up – are amazing!Adekunle Gold is the real deal.

The police in Ekiti State have arrested three persons in connection with a robbery attack on a retired United States Naval officer, Mrs. Titilope Ayeni-Are.

The woman had just arrived Nigeria from the US after being away for over 12 years. She was due to resume her new role as a lecturer in one of the tertiary institutions in the state when the incident occurred.The first robbery attack occurred on Sunday, August 9 when burglars invaded her residence at Charity Street, behind Petim Sawmill, Adehun, Ado Ekiti, the state capital,while she was away in church between 9.15 am and 1.45pm. Before her arrival, valuable items including three laptops, two DVD players, three mobile phones and a modem had been stolen.Policemen recovered a bunch of keys with which the robbers gained access into the house.Three days later, when she visited the Ado Ekiti office of Etisalat to retrieve her stolen line, she was told the line was still being used, which prompted her request for the call log.Investigation revealed that the most frequent caller of the line was one Funke Adenowo, a cleaner at First Bank, Opopogboro Branch, suspected to be the girlfriend of one of the burglars.

The U.S. Embassy in Nigeria said on Friday it had received information that groups "associated with terrorism" may be planning attacks against hotels in the country that are frequented by Westerners.

In a brief message for U.S. citizens, the embassy said it had no further information regarding the timing or method of any planned attacks.According to Reuters Nigeria also has been subject to attacks, including suicide bombings.

This is Ajoke Dosunmu street, off Funsho Williams Avenue. A few homes were destroyed by fire from the tanker than exploded around 4am today at Ojuelegba. It's since been contained but there was a fire trail through the canal, getting to General Hospital Randle. .

A suspected prostitute and her alleged 75 year old pensioner client have been hit with criminal charges after being filmed by a drone. The flying camera was operated by a vigilante anti-prostitution activist who recorded Douglas Blansett, 75 and Amanda Zolicoffer, 27, getting it on in the front of his truck, police claim.

The pair are now facing public lewdness charges in connection with the incident earlier this year in Oklahoma City, US.

The drone is shown dropping to within a few feet of the vehicle so it is reflected in the windscreen.It films Blansett astride Zolicoffer in the front seat of the white pickup truck.

The duo separated after Zolicoffer, who was identified by her tattoo saying "Baby Gangster", saw the drone hovering overhead.

The footage was filmed by Brian Bates, an Oklahoma “video vigilante” who makes it his business to name and shame prostitutes and their clients via his website.

Writing on his website, Bates said he had chosen the drone because his previous practise of "running up and opening car doors of people engaging in criminal acts" and then filming them was "pretty damn dangerous".

He said at least three people he has caught on camera were later convicted of committing murder and several of the women he had documented had themselves been murdered.

So instead of risking being hurt he decided "why not reduce the risk of personal injury and simply let a drone go in for the “You’re Busted Buddy” moment?".

Monday, 30 November 2015

Tyson Fury has claimed that he refused to drink anything in his dressing room after ripping the world heavyweight title from Wladimir Klitschko because he had “good information” that the Ukrainian’s camp would try to drug him.Speaking at the Macron Stadium in Bolton after returning home on the overnight ferry to Hull, Fury revealed he was dehydrated after defeating Klitschko over 12 rounds but feared the consequences of drinking any fluids. “After the fight, I had it from good sources not to touch anything in the changing room because they might try to drug me,” he added. “People were trying to pass me all sorts of things but unless it came from my own baggage,

One of the world's most exclusive calendars, Pirelli is known for featuring glamorous supermodels. This year however, the team behind the celebrated calendar took the 2016's issue in a whole new direction by featuring some of the world's most inspiring women including artists, athletes and bloggers. The 43rd edition, which was created by Annie Leibovitz, features the likes of Serena Williams, Amy Schumer and Chinese actress Yao Chen.

It feels good to be back in blogging The Federal Government has declared Thursday, October 1, 2015, as public holiday to mark the nation’s 55th Independence celebration.

The Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Interior, Abubakar Magaji, made the declaration on behalf of the FG in a statement signed by the ministry’s Director of Press, Yusuf Isiaka, on Monday.

The Permanent Secretary, who congratulated all Nigerians both at home and abroad also thanked them for their support to President Muhammadu Buhari in his efforts towards building a peaceful, united and virile nation.

He further urged them to use the occasion of the celebration to pray for peace and unity across the country.

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo arrived Zambia yesterday for a one day visit where he will be commissioning a 1.5Mt Dangote Cement plant and 30MW coal-fired power plant in Ndola, Zambia. Edo state governor, Adams Oshiomole and some top Nigerian businessmen are in Zambia for the commissioning.

Thursday, 21 May 2015

The Vice President-elect, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, has said the Muhammadu Buhari-led government will inherit the worst economy ever in the history of the nation.

Also, a former British Prime Minister, Tony Blair, has advised Buhari to take advantage of the country’s current level of public support for him to take hard decisions.

Osinbajo and Blair spoke during the opening of a two-day Policy Dialogue on the Implementation of the Agenda for Change, which began in Abuja on Wednesday.

Osinbajo put the nation’s local and international debt profile at US$60bn with a 2015 debt-serving bill of N953.6bn, representing 21 per cent of this year’s budget.

He noted that an estimated 110 million out of the nation’s over 170 million population, were living in extreme poverty while the largest chunk of the benefits of the nation’s wealth was going into the pockets of a small percentage of the population.ccording to him, the nation’s dwindling oil revenues has made it difficult for 24 of Nigeria’s 36 states to pay salaries.

Wednesday, 20 May 2015

Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, minister of finance and coordinating minister of the economy, says Rotimi Amaechi, governor of Rivers state, received a total of N N257.6 billion from the federation account between January and October 2013. Okonjo-Iweala said the governors’ forum had no basis asking her to account for $20 billion from the excess crude account (ECA) because details of the ECA are published every month. She added that the ECA is discussed at every monthly session of the federal accounts allocation committee (FAAC), where all the state commissioners of finance are usually present.

Saturday, 9 May 2015

The person is fully committed but I am not really ready. I feel like I have frustrated her to a large extent and she has tolerated me for a very long time. We have been friends for a while. I am a very inconsistent person; she could call or send a message and I will not reply until after five days. I will not use my job as an excuse because it would be a wrong thing to do,” he said.

It seems he has changed his mind and is ready to walk his lady down the aisle. In a telephone conversation with Saturday Beats during the week, Denrele said that he would get married this year.

It is true that I am about to get married but it is not now. I would get married later this year. It was meant to be a secret but I don’t know how everybody has heard. I just hope ‘bad bele’ people would not jinx the marriage for me and make the girl that wants to marry me change her mind. She is the same girl I spoke about with you during our last interview. I cannot explain how the girl captured my heart but everyone would find out on the D-Day. I don’t want to share the identity of my wife now. When the time comes, people would know who she is,” Denrele said.

The Olusegun Obasanjo Foundation has sacked its London-based Chief Executive Officer, Anne Welsh, following video evidence allegedly showing that she had been involved in money laundering activities for many years.

It was learnt that Welsh, a former investment banker, met the former president during a conference in Brussels, Belgium in 2011 when she was the Chairperson of the Sickle Cell Society.

The video footage, which was discreetly shot by one of the participants at a United Kingdon meeting in December 2014, showed how Welsh allegedly plotted a $4.9m (N980m) scheme to exploit the Ebola Virus Disease tragedy in West Africa through helping a group of ‘Lebanese businessmen’ who wished to donate money to Obasanjo Foundation for some work in Sierra Leone.

Friday, 1 May 2015

Despite the billions of naira paid by the federal government to oil
marketers, the president of the Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural
Gas Workers (NUPENG), Comrade Igwe Achese, has disclosed that scarcity
of fuel would persist if the refineries are not put in proper shape.

This
comes as the coordinating minister of the economy and minister of
finance, Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, said yesterday that the federal
government had released N156 billion for payment to oil marketers,
leaving a balance of N98 billion certified by PPPRA as the amount owed
them.

The N156 billion is the latest in a series of significant
payments made to the oil marketers within the last five months. These
include over N300 billion in two instalments in December last year and
N31 billion in interest differentials recently. In all, oil marketers
have received over N500 billion within the past five months.

The
minister, while announcing the release of the fund, urged the marketers
to appreciate the efforts being made by the federal government to meet
up with their payments and reciprocate with some understanding of the
situation of Nigerians who should not suffer more. She urged the
marketers to sustain the distribution and supply of fuel to end the
suffering of Nigerians at fuel stations.

However, Achese who
stated that the payment would not end fuel scarcity, while speaking to
journalists in Lagos during a pre-May Day symposium organised by the
Nigeria Labour Congress led by Comrade Joe Ajero’s group, said scarcity
would continue as long as the country keeps importing fuel.

Meanwhile,
the acute fuel scarcity plaguing most parts of the country has taken a
serious toll on residents of Oyo State, such that motorists have
resorted to the black market where a litre of fuel goes for as high as
N300.

Intentionally, a lady can shut down
her network to the guy by ignoring his calls for a moment( not 2days
neither a week, as they guy may quit). The moment I am talking about may
be at most a day.

Lukewarm attitude

Also
can be referred as mood swing. They show heaven for the guy today and
abyss for him tomorrow. A times for no reason ladies grab their
emotional nature to punishing the guy for no offence. They nag
excessively at him and later show empathy by apologising.

Fail to show up on date

To
test his impatience attitude after planning a day for beautiful date,
she may show up very late or not show up at all. Though this is very
risky but they display it especially when they have been dating him for a
long time.

Observing his listening skills

Ladies
are designed to talk and can talk through out the day without getting
tired. Therefore, they engage their boyfriends into discussion to
observe if he is listening or not.

To defend her in public

Ladies
can deliberately act wayward in public to see if her guy will defend
her or not. The moment he fails to perform his function, her heart may
grow cold for him as time goes on.

The recall of Nigeria's top diplomat after a spate of xenophobic attacks
in South Africa follows several similar spats that expose the two
countries' deep rivalry for economic and political dominance in Africa.

Nigeria's
Acting High Commissioner to South Africa Martin Cobham said on Saturday
he had been "invited" to Abuja to discuss this month's anti-immigrant
attacks in South Africa, which have killed at least seven people.

Televised
images of armed gangs attacking immigrants and looting foreign-owned
stores in Johannesburg have sparked a backlash in Nigeria, where
hundreds protested in front of shops owned by South African brands like
MTN and Shoprite.

South Africa's foreign ministry on Sunday
called Cobham's recall an "unfortunate and regrettable step", before
taking a swipe at Abuja for its own record on protecting foreigners.

Last
September, a church hostel collapsed in Lagos, killing 115 people, most
of them South African. Nigeria was criticised for its slow response to
the disaster and what some saw as a haphazard rescue effort.

Thursday, 30 April 2015

Last Saturday in Warri, billionaire extraordinaire Ayiri Emami, the 'Akulagba 1 of Warri celebrated his 40th birthday. And with his beautiful wife Asba by his side, the hot couple literally hosted their entire community.

First they commissioned a new branch of Ayiri's gas station and eatery, gave out free fuel and kerosene to the lower income people, and then hosted a free street carnival that had comedian Bovi, singers Timaya, Solidstar and Harrysong in attendance, HBD.

The overall best graduating student of the University of Lagos, UNILAG, Akoka, Lagos, western Nigeria, Korede Akinpelumi, has revealed how the death of his father in his final semester on campus spurred him to academic greatness.

I had always known that I would do well in the tertiary institution because I was the best student at the International School, Lagos, ISL, and expectations had been high when I got here.

“In my second year here, I was already on a 5.0 so I thought I just needed to do a little more to end my first degree as one of the best placed students.

“However, I lost my dad in August last year, midway into my final exams. It was the most challenging period for me throughout my stay in UNILAG because he had such a huge influence on my academic quest.

“So, for me to still come out with a 5.0 grade that semester, despite the challenges, it was just God. That was the defining moment for me at the University of Lagos.”

1.Constantly Asking For Favours:You know, this is not even about girls but trust nobody who constantly ask you for favors, they are only taking advantage. In the case of girls, if she constantly asks for your help especially when it comes to finances and buying stuff for her, it’s just clear that she is in for the goodies, don’t be fooled bro .. some even ask for favors that Bill Gates daughter won’t even ask herfather.

2.She Never Returns Your Calls And Chats:She barely return your text messages and missed calls and when she does, it’s mostly the ‘k’, ‘lol’ ‘yes’ kind of replies after taking days to respond. I need not tell you that she’s not interested in you.

3.She Always Comes Out With You And With Her Friends:This is a clear sign to alert you that this girl don’t want a lone time, she’s only there to please her friends or make her friends enjoy a bit of the goodies you are offering. Look elsewhere or grab one of her friends if you can.Some girls might even bring male friends just to piss you off, while you foot the bills.

Tuesday, 28 April 2015

Rivers PDP says the Rivers state governor Chibuike Amaechi and the All Progressives Congress are plotting to secure a court injunction in Awka, Anambra state to stop the swearing-in of Rivers state governor-elect, Nyesom Wike on May 29, 2015.

This revelation was contained in a statement issued today in Port Harcourt by Emma Okah, Chairman, Media and Publicity Committee of PDP Campaign Organisation, Rivers State.

According to Okah, the plot is to shop for and buy a judge outside Rivers state who will agree to do the dirty job since the judiciary in the state has been paralysed by the Amaechi administration.

The PDP further accuses Amaechi and the APC of leaving no stone unturned in planning to carry out the Governor’s threat that he will not handover to Wike.

“However, in the face of this provocation, the PDP urges the people of Rivers State to remain calm as their Gov-Elect will be sworn in on May 29, 2015, as ordained by God like his colleagues in other states.”

“The wish of the enemies of Rivers people to cause constitutional crisis and chaos is not the wish of God for Rivers State, noting that light will surely triumph over darkness,” the statement read.

As at the time of filing this report, PM News could not get the reaction of David Iyofor, Chief Press Secretary to Amaechi on the allegation.

1. Jealousy : Most women, whether they admit it or not, like to have attention focused on them. If there’s something taking it away from them, especially another woman, then she gets a little intimidated and typically starts to hate. Some women would hate you, if they think you’re prettier than them. Your mere presence makes them feel like ugly. If your dress looks prettier, they would hate. If they are single, they will see you as the competition. If they are married, they will see you as the seductive temptress trying to steal their man away.

2. Inferiority complex:Some ladies start to feel inferior when others are showered compliments and they are not. They start to hate the lady who received the compliment as if it was her fault. If another lady commands respect and they don’t they begin to hate.

3. Pride : Some women have a little too much pride within themselves and therefore cannot like anyone who they perceive is better than them. It’s okay to have a lot of self-esteem but a lot of women confuse it with pride.

According to Channels Television, the Permanent Secretary of Lagos State’s ICT Ministry, Mrs Nike Animashaun has revealed the State’s plan of providing Wi-Fi internet connectivity to residents. According to her, the first phase of the Wi-Fi connectivity would be deployed at parks located in different parts of the state, which will include, Alausa, Ajegunle and Oshodi.

“The Wi-Fi services will be in some of the parks in the state and when it is deployed, residents of Lagos State would be able to access Wi-Fi in some of the parks,” Mrs Animashaun stated.

She added that the State Government came up with the idea to stimulate and encourage the interest of children in science and technology.

"The fraud called Boko Haram can be defeated by denying it a recruitment base," General Buhari told visiting leaders of Nassarawa State who came to congratulate him on his emergence as President-elect. No religion allows for the killing of children in school dormitory, in markets and places of worship. They have nothing to do with religion. They are terrorists and we are going to deal with them as they deal with terrorists anywhere," he announced.

Buhari said he is greatly pained by the destruction of schools in the North-eastern part of the country, an action he said could deny thousands of youngsters access to education and a better future unless something was done urgently to avert this tragedy.

"The worst thing anybody can do is to deny children access to education. That will be destructive to their lives and we are not going to allow that to happen," the President-elect assured.He announce that his government will help the states to get more money to improve infrastructure by ensuring that all federally collectible revenues are paid directly into the federation account and each tier of government given its due share.

"As at now, the government does not even know how many revenue accounts it has. We will give all the tiers what is due to them but will hold them to be accountable as we would the federal government."

Buhari while describing Nassarawa state as his own "political laboratory", meaning the only CPC-controlled state of the 36 others adjudged the experiment as having been a success."From one state, I now have 22 political laboratories."He commended Governor Al-Makura for surviving his many impeachment plots, saying "without Nassarawa, there would not have been an APC."

In a statement released Yesterday April 27th by his spokesperson, Nosike Ogbuenyi, the minister said those to be honored with street names include President Jonathan, Vice President Namadi Sambo, former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, former Senate President, late Dr. Chuba Okadigbo, former Speaker of House of Representatives and Katsina State Governor-elect, Hon. Aminu Bello Masari, former Chief Justice of the Federation, Justice Dahiru Musdapha, Business moguls, Femi Otedola, Aliko Dangote and several others.

The statement stated that soon-to-be commissioned Inner Southern Expressway which dissects Abuja city centre was named after President Jonathan while the longest Wuye district boulevard express road measuring 1,730 metres was named after former VP Atiku Abubakar

Prominent personalities to be honoured by naming streets after them in the Asokoro extension district include former Secretary General of the United Nations, Mr. Kofi Anan, South African anti-Apartheid activist, late Walter Sisulu, former President of Sudan, Gaafar al-Nimeiry, former Minister of State for FCT, late Prof. Miriam Ikejiani-Clark, former Chief Justice of the Federation, Justice Idris Legbo Kutigi and 16 others.

We will be talking with them to try and resolve the matter, but for now the station has been asked to stay aside because, like I said, there are some family and security concerns.

They have been asked to step down their coverage until we resolve the matter with them on ethics and standards‎. You can quote me that I said that we have asked them to step aside and that we are resolving the the issues of ethics and standards with them.”he said

The Staff of Africa Independent Television, AIT, have been barred from covering all activities of the President-elect, Gen. Buhari until issues bordering on ethics and standards against them have been addressed. AIT crew members were today escorted out of the Defence House where the president-elect currently resides. He was about to have a meeting with the Cuban and Switzerland ambassadors when the reporters were escorted out. Speaking on the development, the spokesperson of the Buhari campaign organization, Shehu Garba said family and security concerns necessitated it. It is okay o

Monday, 9 March 2015

There were indications that the Presidency may have put the National Chairman of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party, Alhaji Adamu Mu’azu, under close watch, The Punch has learnt.

It was learnt that the Presidency was not comfortable with the activities of the chairman of the ruling party as some members of the party were said to have informed President Goodluck Jonathan of the alleged double-faced activities of Mu’azu.

It was learnt that the Presidency took the action following reports against the former Governor of Bauchi State, Mallam Isa Yuguda that he was not fully committed to the second term aspiration of President Jonathan.Those against him were said to have informed the President and members of his kitchen cabinets that Mu’azu did not take any action following the stoning of the President’s convoy in some states in the North.

The Peoples Democratic Par­ty Presidential Campaign Or­ganisation (PDPPCO) yesterday ridiculed the All Progressives Con­gress (APC) over its flopped one-million-man-march in Lagos, saying the party and its controversial leader and godfather, Bola Ti­nubu have lost control of Lagos State.

Director of Media and Publicity of the PDPPCO, Chief Femi Fani-Kayode said that “the fact that what the APC boasted would be a one-million-man march could only attract about 10,000 persons is a reflec­tion of the pitiful state of delusion that they are suf­fering from.”According to Fani-Kay­ode, “They have lost touch with reality and with the people of the state over whom they have maintained a wicked and ungodly eco­nomic and political stran­glehold for all of 16 years. But the people of Lagos have now seen through their deception and have decided to reject them at the polls this time round.